MathWhiz cannot divide by zero. Most times it will catch you beforehand,
but sometimes you will get a plain configuration error if your zero
operation is not noticed.

Also, you cannot extract square roots from negative numbers.

Try not to send queries that are too large. MathWhiz will only perform
about 12 operations enclosed in parenthesis. In many cases, it will not
even be able to perform these if the numbers are large.
Break up larger calculations. Each result will be
displayed in the new input box for ease in constructing new queries.

Some useful equations and formulas

Compound interest

To figure out compound interest, use the formula:

Capital x (1 x decimal interest ratetime = capital + interest

So, $1000 at 15 percent interest over 30 years:

$1000 X (1 X .1530) = $66,211.77

Length of the diagonal

Doing some carpenting or landscaping?Want to figure out the length
of a diagonal of a square or right triangle beforehand? The sum of the
squares of the two sides is equal to the square of the diagonal:

Base squared + vertical squared = diagonal squared

So, if one side is 3 ft. long and the other 4 ft.:

32 X 42 = 20

Thus, 20 is the square of the length of the diagonal, and the length, ofcourse, is the square root of 20.

Probability

The odds of any series occurences happening at the same time are equal
to the product of the probability of each event in the series.

Thus, if there is a 50 percent chance of rain (1 in 2) at noon
on Friday, and there is a 20 percent chance (1 in 5) that you will
be outdoors at noon. Then, the chance of you getting wet at
noon on Friday are 2 X 5, or 1 in 10.

In a lottery where you choose 6 out of 64 numbers, the odds picking
one number correctly are 1 in 64. The odds of picking two correctly
are 64 x 64, three correctly, 64 X 64 X 64. The odds of picking all
six correctly are 1 in 6.87 x 1010.

If you buy a 100 lottery tickets, your odds would increase to 1 in
687 million!